Erik Meade Conway[1] (born 1965) is thehistorian atNASA'sJet Propulsion Laboratory at theCalifornia Institute of Technology in Pasadena.[2] He is the author of several books. He previously completed a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1998, with a dissertation on the development of aircraft landing aids.
InHigh-Speed Dreams (2005), Conway argues that U.S. government sponsorship ofsupersonic commercialtransportation systems resulted fromCold War concerns about a loss of technological prowess in the modern world.[3][4]Realizing the Dream of Flight (2006) consists of eleven essays on individuals prepared in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of theWright brothers' first powered flight.[5] Conway also wroteBlind Landings (2007) and he is a co-author of a secondary-level education text entitledScience and Exploration (2007).Atmospheric Science at NASA was published in 2008.[6]
His 2010 bookMerchants of Doubt was co-authored withNaomi Oreskes,[7] as was his article in the Winter 2013 issue ofDaedalus calledThe Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future.[8]
Merchants of Doubt (co-author: Naomi Oreskes; 2010)ASINB003RRXXO8
The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future (Daedalus, 2013)ISBN0231537956[11]
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market (co-authors: Naomi Oreskes; Bloomsbury, 2023)ISBN1635573580[12]
